Breeding flow thresholds of colonial breeding waterbirds in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

Wetlands

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 257-265

  Arthur, Anthony D ^a   Reid, Julian R W ^b   Kingsford, Richard T ^c   Mcginness, Heather M ^a   Ward, Keith A ^d   Harper, Mike J ^e  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Goulburn Broken CMA   (Australia)

^e Department of Environment and Natural Resources ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Breeding responses; Floodplain ecology; Floodplain wetlands; River management

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PEAK FLOW; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; THRESHOLD; VOLUME; WATERFOWL;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

ARDEA; ARDEA ALBA; EGRETTA GARZETTA; EUDOCIMUS; IBIS; MESOPHOYX INTERMEDIA; NYCTICORAX; NYCTICORAX CALEDONICUS; PLATALEA REGIA; PLEGADIS; PLEGADIS FALCINELLUS; SCOLOPACIDAE; THRESKIORNIS MOLUCCA; THRESKIORNIS SPINICOLLIS;

EID: 84863720745     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-011-0235-y     Document Type: Article

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